Originally Posted by The Batlord

I could totally be onboard with that dude being utterly terrifying (to us) by that point so that you aren't even thinking about it, cause he seemed ****ing terrifying (cause I'm watching a movie knowing that this dude is supposed to be a psycho), but I don't buy that some gas station attendant would be thinking anything other than, this dude is an annoying *******. And after a certain point I imagine they'd be like, well, I've given this dude a certain amount of leeway, but GOD DAMNIT **** THIS *******!!!

That scene just feels just like a scene. A fun scene for people who are into the movie, but a scene.

Originally Posted by Frownland

This reminds me of how Chula hates TWBB because he's so certain that Plainview would've been murdered based on John Wayne's wild west. Don't allow your assumptions that aren't inherently true to ruin amazing movies.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

How is that scene believable to someone who isn't already into the movie?

Originally Posted by Frownland

Maybe they recognize that even though they might react one way in a situation, there are myriad different ways one could respond and there isn't a single one that applies to everybody?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Or maybe they just want the person in the movie to react in the way that is best for the scene.

Originally Posted by Frownland

So even though you criticize the scene, you agree that it's the best way for him to act?

I'll take it.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I agree that if the scene went differently that it would probably be more boring or not suit the scene. Which is my point. The scene seems to go in the way that it was narratively supposed to, regardless of whether it makes sense for it to have gone that way. Which I have already said. Am I talking to a wall?

Originally Posted by Frownland

But it does make sense. Have you never met a timid old man? You seem to assume that only one option is logical when reality tells us that everyone reacts to everything differently.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Are you just using the basic concept of all old southern men when you consider this possibility?